Agricultural Ecumene Boundary File - 2016

The national agricultural ecumene includes all dissemination areas with 'significant' agricultural activity. Agricultural indicators, such as the ratio of agricultural land on census farms relative to total land area, and total economic value of agricultural production, are used. Regional variations are also taken into account. The ecumene is generalized for small-scale mapping.

A new version of the agricultural ecumene is generated every census years (in vector format) since 1986.

This file was produced by Statistics Canada, Agriculture Division, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis section, 2017, Ottawa.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:15 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 16:30 (UTC)
contact_email	STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca
contact_person	{"fr": {"fr": "Gouvernement du Canada;Statistique Canada;Division de l'agriculture,STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca", "en": "Government of Canada;Statistics Canada;Agriculture Division,1-800-263-1136 (toll free),STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca"}}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	["farming"]
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2017-01-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Écoumène", "Agriculture", "Cultures", "Limites", "Aide à l'agriculture", "Cultures fourragères", "Cultures maraîchères", "Cultures fruitières"], "en": ["Ecumene", "Agriculture", "Crops", "Boundaries", "Agricultural assistance", "Forage crops", "Vegetable crops", "Fruit crops"]}
open_canada_subject	["agriculture"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr	Fichier des limites pour l'écoumène agricole - 2016
update_frequency	as_needed